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Focused guides for the questions that need more than a quick answer. Each includes a worksheet to prepare your next conversation.
Guides for your next decision.
Build a TN employer evidence brief before drafting the letter
Read & prepare Applicant planningKeep an L-1A new-office record from approval to extension
Read & prepare Applicant planningCompare the E-2 evidence for a startup and a business purchase
Read & prepare U.S. destination planningCanadian RN planning for New York State
Read & prepare U.S. destination planningCanadian RN planning for California
Read & prepareSeven decisions, answered before you prepare.
Explain the assignment while worksite details are being finalized
A Saint-David-de-Falardeau TN file should distinguish the employer’s actual commitment from location choices that remain open. A first review should produce a checklist that separates the offer facts, professional category, citizenship proof, qualification records, and any licensing question. Hypothetical example: A pulp-mill process engineer receives a letter with a professional title but no description of process-design duties. The applicant must decide whether the employer can supply a truthful duty record before making a TN request. The record that settles the point is the employer’s signed description together with the underlying job materials, not a preferred title. Canadian applicants may request classification during inspection before admission; an employer may instead use a USCIS Form I-129 petition where appropriate, but TN cannot cover self-directed services for the applicant’s own US enterprise.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- State the known professional engagement accurately
- Review the qualifications and finalized terms
Separate Canadian residence from the actual proposed US activity
For Saint-David-de-Falardeau residents, the route depends on the applicant and proposed activity rather than a local address or possession of a renewed passport. Canadian permanent residence is a Canadian immigration status, not evidence of US work authorization, treaty nationality, or a qualifying employer relationship. A first review should identify the applicant’s citizenship, current status, intended US tasks, employer or enterprise, and the record that proves each point. Hypothetical example: A Canadian permanent resident who designs industrial heat-recovery systems holds Tunisian citizenship and receives a US consulting invitation. The person must decide whether a route is independently available on the actual nationality and activity, rather than presenting the Canadian PR card as a substitute. A passport, status document, offer, and ownership record answer different questions and should not be conflated.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Identify which work requirements apply
- Use the investor programme’s substantive conditions
Identify which operating assets the investor actually acquires
A Saint-David-de-Falardeau buyer should reconcile the purchase schedule with leased and supplier-owned property before using its totals in an E-2 account. The first review should turn the purchase schedule into a payment-and-control chart: identify what the investor owns, what is leased, which funds are committed, and which condition can return them. Hypothetical example: A supplier of agricultural drone-mapping services pays for software licences but leaves the acquisition price in a cancellable personal account. The investor must decide whether to make and document an irrevocable at-risk commitment, revise the transaction, or delay the E-2 filing. Bank records, escrow instructions, invoices, and signed agreements settle the point; a projected valuation does not. The business must also be real and nonmarginal, with the investor able to develop and direct it.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Explain genuine commitments rather than the premises inventory
- Assess the enterprise beyond the asset valuation
Explain launch activities and the role they will support
A Saint-David-de-Falardeau company should describe what a customer tour or pilot demonstration actually involves when preparing a new US office transfer. A first review should produce a launch chronology showing premises, funding, payroll, customers, the transferee’s role, and the foreign employment history. Hypothetical example: A maker of automated mushroom-harvesting equipment leases a small US workshop but has no signed operating budget or support plan for the proposed manager. The company must decide whether its records support a viable new-office L-1A case within one year, or whether it should postpone the transfer. The controlling records are the lease, financial plan, corporate documents, foreign payroll, and job evidence, not incorporation alone. The person generally needs one continuous qualifying foreign year in the preceding three years.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Connect the launch plan with the appropriate capacity
- Preserve the qualifying foreign history and ongoing business
Compare the transferee’s role with the buyer’s actual business rights
For a Saint-David-de-Falardeau plan, access to a US customer or equipment does not by itself establish either a transfer or investor route. The first review should run two separate tests: the L record asks about qualifying organizations, foreign employment, and the proposed transfer role; the E-2 record asks about treaty nationality, ownership, control, capital, and the operating enterprise. Hypothetical example: A supplier of modular desalination units owns a US affiliate and plans to put personal funds into it. The owner must decide whether the foreign payroll and managerial role support L-1, whether the money is committed in an irrevocable manner and exposed to commercial risk for E-2, or whether neither route is ready. Corporate ownership alone answers neither question. The first decision is which factual file can be documented truthfully now.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Explain qualifying work inside the organizational relationship
- Explain the investment that supports treaty-enterprise eligibility
Separate business access and document updates from family permission
Saint-David-de-Falardeau households should assess each person’s actual activity, immigration status and current identity records before organizing a move. A first review should make a person-by-person activity chart: who will travel, study, perform services, hold a business role, or rely on a derivative relationship. Hypothetical example: The spouse of an installer of commercial algae-filtration systems plans to supervise a US crew while the principal’s case is still pending. The household must decide whether that person has independent permission for the proposed work rather than treating family ownership, a customer invitation, or a move date as authorization. The record that settles the point is the person’s actual status evidence and the nature of the activity, not the principal’s business plan.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Check work rights before joining the business activity
- Keep individual family conditions and records current
Distinguish investor participation from identity-document administration
A Saint-David-de-Falardeau investor should identify which requirement a partnership decision or renewed passport actually addresses. A first review should make two separate decision files. The EB-5 file needs the lawful source and path of at-risk capital, the investment structure, qualifying job method, participation rights, and the conditional-residence sequence. The Gold Card file needs the actual EB-1 or EB-2 eligibility basis, admissibility, availability, identity record, and official payment instruction. Hypothetical example: A developer of radiation-shielding transport cases can fund either proposal after a share sale. The person must decide whether sale records and job evidence support EB-5, or whether the applicant can satisfy Gold Card eligibility and make the required payment to the U.S. government. A portfolio value does not settle either route.
WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
- Establish the EB-5 role alongside capital and jobs
- Maintain the actual Gold Card conditions despite document changes
- Use actual residence dates rather than administrative events